Rent a Car (Car Hire) in Bolivia
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Rent a Car agencies are plentiful in Bolivia. Although this page was written originally for visitors to
Santa Cruz,
all the car hire agencies listed are international and have international websites. It's best to visit them in person prior to choosing who you'll rent from. Only a few are very reliable or have really reliable, well-maintained cars, even if they operate under a big brand name.
You should try to actually see the exact car you are going to rent because they are sometimes not well-cleaned or maintained. You should also make sure the car rental agency you plan to rent from insures its vehicles (and that they offer you additional
insurance
while driving).

Many Bolivian car rental agencies cannot be found online and are not equipped to take credit card payments (or reservations for that matter). Check out the car itself before you rent it: basically, if it doesn’t have the minimum in safety equipment like, say, seat belts then you can pretty much assume that the company does not have your safety in mind at all, and that you should rent somewhere elsewhere.Click here for information if you ever need a
tow truck.
There are only a small few car rental agencies that I would actually recommend using. When you choose to drive on your own in Bolivia, make sure you have an acceptable
driver's license
and that you inform yourself on the
weather
and
road conditions.
Read about
personal safety.
LOCALIZA Edif. Torres Gemelas Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Tel: (591-3) 341-4343 Fax: (591-3) 341-4344 http://www.localizabolivia.com
HERTZ 286 Av. Cristobal Mendoza Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Tel: (591-3) 333-8823 Fax: (591-3) 336-0750 http://www.barbolsrl.com
AVIS Km. 3.5 Carretera al Norte Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Tel: (591-3) 343-3939 Fax: (591-3) 345-1595 http://www.avis.com.bo
A BARRON'S RENT A CAR Av. Alemana No. 50 Esq. Tajibos casi 2do. Anillo Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Tel: (591-3) 342-0160 Fax: (591-3) 342-3439 http://www.rentacarbolivia.com/index.htm
The above rental agencies have shown they are reliable, all are online (although unfortunately all of their websites are in very poor English). However, with Hertz and Avis you can rent a car through the international sites (which are in English) before you arrive. There are also numerous Bolivian car hire agencies that are small and privately owned. Unfortunately, some of them are so unreliable I don't dare to recommend a single one of them. Here's an experience one of our site visitors sent in just to give you an idea.
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